"You missed the point Jeanette. And it is not I who is presenting a laundry list of problems. I do not care about the bus. Moro wants the bus, she gets it herself, she is not getting with Elsa in tow." Fernando begins. He puts in the items he was carrying into the open rear of the Bronco, "You are not giving proper information, just bits and pieces. You are going by what the crows are telling you from their 'covert operation of spying and reporting' on Hondo and I. If you do not trust me to the point where you have crows observing me and reporting my actions and activities to you, then you should walk from me and don't look back. What I am doing I do at out of the goodness of my heart to help others; what Hondo and his friend does, they do out of the goodness of their hearts; neither one of us need to prove anything to you or these crows."
 
Fernando steps away from the rear doors for Hondo to close, but continues on his rant, "You stated that you had a bus, you never mentioned where it was until the point was pressed. You stated that you would drive it, but then who would drive your gas camper? Then Moro volunteers to drive, with Elsa by her side. Considering the dangers of these roads, a bus would not make it without an accident, so to keep Elsa safe, she is not to be with Moro while driving this bus. That is not a hard request, no, make that demand, to follow. But then it gets changed that the bus is in Kansas where 'the roads are safer.' Big whoopie doo there! Want a cupie doll for that? You nor the spirits thought out that Elsa's expression of her cold weather powers is going to cause tornadoes within Tornado Alley. This would effectively destroy what rebuilding efforts that Kansas has been doing. But the when pointed out that the bus could be teleported to Texas where it is needed, the spirits complained about the expenditure of energy. What is more important, the bus, the bus getting to Texas no matter the cost to human live and property or the bus getting to Texas and some energy wasted to get it there and people and their property safe and alive?"
 
He steps away from them for a second to reenter the market but then stops in his tracks and turns around and points to Moro, "Or are you going to use Elsa's powers to to create super tornadoes that lay Kansas' population to waste so Texas can move in and take over?" He waits for a moment for them to answer but before he interjects, "You know Moro - #$@! the bus. #$@! you and #$@! the bus. You are not to go after it. If your spirit friends want it, they can get it, they can drive it, and they can deal with it. You are not to disappear from Jeanette's sight either alone or with Elsa. You do, and I will hunt you down and drag you back before I kill you in front of everybody and then drop your carcass in front of Elsa's father and tell them that you lied, because you are. None of this is about saving humanity, this is about having the earth spirit friendly for you to move into like squatters in an abandoned house. So don't say anything, I'm so pissed off right now I might send you back 75million years so you can be dirty dancing with the dinosaurs."
 
Fernando starts to head back into the market, not caring what the others have to say.

"I know it was not you who presented a laundry list of problems and I did not say it was you. Said list was presented nonetheless." Jeanette does not know where this is going. "Moro stated they had a bus after the accusation of planning grand theft auto was made against them. The location of the bus and the condition of at least a part of Interstate 35 was not mentioned until after assumptions were made.
 
"Regarding Elsa, did the Spirits think Elsa would conquer her fears by the time we get to Kansas or was this an oversight? I don't know.
 
"Whom are you talking to?" Jeanette continues.
 
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"Did I just hear Jeanette say that the bus maybe stolen property?" Fernando slows down his pace.
 
 
"I think I heard the same thang, Jefe." Hondo replies.
 
"I'm going to ignore that comment for now." Fernando begins, "These Spirits are up to no good. They are not here to serve others, they are here to serve themselves, and only themselves. If they so want a bus, I know there's a bus grave yard by the Sangre de Christo mountains on the Colorado - New Mexico border off route Interstate 25, I used to pass by it all the time for the airplane graveyard. With their claim to restore equipment, they can have all the free buses they want that they can fix up, repair, clean and drive away. And right next to that is a train graveyard with a closed down maintenance facility and electrical generating station which they can do the same thing there too. All they need to do is ask and if there is a price to pay, they can barter their services to fix the roads, train tracks and electrical station for the buses and trains, which they need to do anyway to get the buses and trains back to Texas."
 
"They ain't too bright, aren't they." Hondo points out as they walk to Tom's Firearms Tent.
 
"Done your shopping for the day?" Tom asks as he stands by his counter with his hand on a wooden ammo box.
 
"For now. Tomorrow we will need to buy more food." Fernando says.
 
"Got our package for us?" Hondo asks as he looks at the wooden box under Tom's hand.
 
"Right here. Care to inspect it?" Tom asks.
 
"Just a look-see. You can't be too careful out there, ya know." Hondo says as he gets the box, opens it and inspect each item inside. He nods approvingly after examining each item - 6 .22LR mini-pistols with the folding handle and belt clip and 4 regular .22LR mini-pistols, their new replacement leather holsters, boxes of ammo and cleaning kits for each. After each item is inspected, they are placed back into the wooden box. Payment is made and hands were shaken at the end of the deal. "Anything else, Jefe?" Hondo asks.
 
"That gatling gun would be nice, but no way that would fit on any of our rides." Fernando points out the weapon. On one of its 4ft mounting legs it says, "USS Saratoga - Phalanx System 001."
 
"No way I can fit that on my ride." Hondo points out.
 
"Lets see what these damn women are up too." Fernando says as he leaves the tent.
 
"Wait a minute." Tom says to Hondo before he steps out of the tent. He then hands him an envelope. Hondo opens it, inside were the two NYC EMS patches on the torn arm sleeve, "It's on the house for your friend. I don't know where it came from but I heard the owner may still alive way south of here in a place called Fort Sumner (near the New Mexico/Texas border). If it true, maybe your friend can find them and reunite them."
 
Hondo gives the patches one last look before putting them away in his trench coat pocket, "I'll make sure we get that done. And thanks." They shake hands one last time before Hondo leaves the tent area. He meets up with Fernando outside. "Anything else before we go?"
 
"A stiff drink would be nice, but no. Lets see what these women want before we leave. I just need you to drive me to the motel so I can pick up the electric camper and if Jeanette has any brains, she can pick up the gas camper and the three of us can drive to the parking lot and finish the work that needs to be done." Fernando says and explains.
 
"Sounds like a plan. Lets go." Hondo says as they walk around to look for Jeanette and the others.

Notes:

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Fernando' statement of the bus being stolen is from this statement:
 
Quote from Jeanette on Apr 17^th, 2016, 8:36am:

 
It is hearing this as Fernando and Hondo walked away is where the situation is coming from. It is the danger of sounding like they are in the wrong thing and not verifying the facts. It is stated -
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Though the GTA statement was made by Jeanette, in her statement that the crows are "snitch on Fernando and Hondo's activities" is making them lose trust and faith in her and thus now everything they pick up on hearing and seeing their activity, will be under scrutiny.
 
This is not a misunderstanding of the posts, this is how the characters are being played out.

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As established, the Texas Spirits have been observing Jeanette since she was a little girl. The same Spirits, as established, have been observing Fernando since he and Jeanette met in the Kevin and Kell forum. Now that Hondo and Valentine are traveling with the party, they are observing them as well. They know about Hondo from his interaction with Jeanette on The Acorn Café. Remember, it's Jeanette who they are interested in.
 
Moro was not there so she knows nothing of what happened. When Moro left the church, one of her fellow Spirits gave her an update. Since the fellow Spirit was in the form of a crow, only Moro could understand what her fellow Spirit said. What Jeanette picked up on is what Moro said.
 
Fernando and Hondo could have had an entire crew of engineers, electricians and mechanics helping. Do you remember what happened when a Spirit, other than Moro, transformed into human form?
 
Now you want to talk about problems that should not be there? Right out of the gate Fernando distrusts the Spirits. I will give you an illustration. Fernando walks into a messy room, sees a woman cleaning the room and blames the cleaning lady for creating a mess in the first place.
 
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